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When the desired behavior is performed, a sound is played. When the test subjects reach deep sleep, that same sound is played repeatedly. Subjects were then more likely to perform the desired behavior.
The article, "Unlearning implicit social biases during sleep" appears in the journal Science; an abstract and full report are available.
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(Score: 2) by Anal Pumpernickel on Saturday May 30 2015, @09:27AM
Relative to life imprisonment or the death penalty?
The death penalty is intolerable. And you didn't quote the whole thing, which was: "It is if you do it against their will. I don't think you should try to modify their bodies or minds through brainwashing or surgery." Permanently altering people's bodies or brainwashing them against their will is horrid, and yes, worse than life imprisonment since they would ask for your 'solution' otherwise.
I actually went with pedophile on purpose... because they can be 'innocent' in a perverse way. In cases they've just developed an attraction or fetish that is profoundly unhealthy. They don't necessarily even want to hurt their victims; its just an inevitable result of their attention.
I wouldn't say an attraction is automatically unhealthy. And again, if there are actual victims, then you need to use something different from "pedophile", which just means that someone has a sexual attraction to prepubescent children. Speaking in ways that seem as if you're saying pedophiles are necessarily rapists and molesters just causes confusion.
(Score: 2) by vux984 on Saturday May 30 2015, @07:56PM
The death penalty is intolerable. And you didn't quote the whole thing, which was: "It is if you do it against their will. I don't think you should try to modify their bodies or minds through brainwashing or surgery."
The death penalty and life imprisonment are obviously against the persons will as well. Is reprogramming more or less horrid. (I can see an argument either way. Perhaps the convict could choose.)
And again, if there are actual victims, then you need to use something different from "pedophile", which just means that someone has a sexual attraction to prepubescent children. Speaking in ways that seem as if you're saying pedophiles are necessarily rapists and molesters just causes confusion.
I agree with you. I originally wrote 'predatory pedophile' to make that differentiation.
(Score: 2) by Anal Pumpernickel on Sunday May 31 2015, @03:34AM
The death penalty and life imprisonment are obviously against the persons will as well.
But which do they think is worse? If they volunteer for the fake brainwashing, then that is one thing. The second sentence explains the real difference. Prison doesn't permanently modify your body or brainwash you.
I'm opposed to the death penalty completely because I don't think the government should have the power to murder people who have been captured, and there is a high chance for mistakes, which prevents the person from ever being freed again.
I agree with you. I originally wrote 'predatory pedophile' to make that differentiation.
I saw the predatory part, but in that case, I still feel something else would have been superior. And because not all child molesters are necessarily pedophiles (some do it for power).